When summer finally arrived in London it was time for a refreshing home-made lemonade. Lemonade always reminds me of the Organic market in Bryanston (Johannesburg) located at the Michael Mount Waldorf School. This Saturday morning market served the most sublime freshly made Lemonade. (also moonlight markets on Tuesday evenings)

Recipe

You’ll need:

½ cup castor sugar

1 cup water

1 cup lemon juice (squeezed from 3-4 large lemons)

plus 1½ cups ice water

ice cubes

mint leaves

1 lemon sliced

To prepare:

Place the sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to the boil – boil for about 5 minutes until you have a thin syrup – remove from heat and allow to cool

Pour the syrup into a 1 litre serving jug and add all the remaining ingredients

Note: you can use cold sparkling mineral water instead of the ice water to produce a sparkling lemonade (both are equally refreshing).